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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A half block model of the port side of the coastal defence monitor HMS Glatton (1871), made entirely in wood and painted dark brown below the waterline, a narrow white stripe above and black above the waterline. There is significant paint loss and damage. Hull details include a ram bow, rudder and port side propeller shaft casing and mounting. Other fittings include superstructure placed amidships and a long shelter deck aft of it that extends to the stern; single large gun turret forward of the superstructure; entry port; boat deck atop the superstructure; stump mast; and single funnel, painted black. The model is displayed on a backboard painted off-white with a mahogany-stained frame, the right-hand edge of which is currently missing. On plaque ?Glatton - Coast Defence Ship 1871. A Low Freeboard Turret Ship. Built at Chatham Sold in 1903. Armament: -2 12in. MLR. Dimensions Length 24ft Beam 54ft Displacement 4910 tons Speed 12 knots?. The plaque has become detached from the backboard.
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caption: HMS Glatton 1887 - broadside | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum James Caird blocks Glatton 1871 models (representations) Mercury Naval College (Mercury Collection) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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